noun
buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed
Literal meaning; refers to the rear of a horse that someone is riding or following. Rarely used outside the idiom 尻馬に乗る.
「尻馬」という言葉は、文字通りには乗っている馬の後ろの部分を指す。
The word 尻馬 literally refers to the rear part of a horse being ridden.
noun
blindly following suit; jumping on the bandwagon
Used almost exclusively in the idiom 尻馬に乗る, meaning to follow others without thinking or to jump on a trend without understanding it.
See also: 尻馬に乗る
彼はいつも人の尻馬に乗ってばかりだ。
He's always just blindly following others.
流行に乗るのはいいが、尻馬に乗るだけでは意味がない。
It's fine to follow trends, but just jumping on the bandwagon is pointless.
The idiomatic phrase that uses 尻馬; means 'to follow blindly' or 'to jump on the bandwagon'.
Compound of 尻 (buttocks, rear) and 馬 (horse). The figurative sense comes from the image of following the rear of a horse without thinking.